Move a board of chopped onion into the pan in one pass. Portion dough. Clear the board before the next thing starts.

It is the tool you stop thinking about, because it does the job your hands were about to do badly.

Common questions

Dough or prep? Both. Bakers cut and portion dough with it. Cooks use it to carry food from board to pan without losing half on the counter.

Is it sharp? Not like a knife. The straight edge is for scraping and dividing, not for cutting through food.

Will it mark my cutting board? Use light pressure and keep the edge flat against the board. Same motion as buttering bread.

Your knives are a different matter. We sharpen those.